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παρώρεια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παρώρεια

Structure: παρωρει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: o)/ros

Sense

  1. a district on the side of a mountain

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τελευταῖον καὶ μέγιστον τὸ προθέμενον καὶ συμβαλεῖν οὕτωσ εἰκῇ καὶ ἀσκόπωσ χρήσασθαι τοῖσ πράγμασιν ὥστε παρέντα τὰ πεδία καὶ τὴν τῶν ὁπλιτῶν χρείαν δι’ αὐτῶν τῶν εὐζώνων ταῖσ παρωρείαισ πρὸσ Αἰτωλοὺσ ποιήσασθαι τὸν κίνδυνον, οἷσ οὐδὲν ἦν τούτου προυργιαίτερον οὐδ’ οἰκειότερον. (Polybius, Histories, book 4, chapter 14 6:1)
  • εὑρὼν δὲ τοὺσ περὶ τὸν Χρυσόγονον καὶ Πετραῖον ἑτοίμουσ ἐν Θετταλίᾳ πρὸσ τὸ διακινδυνεύειν, εἰσ μὲν τὸ πεδίον οὐκ ἐθάρρει καταβαίνειν, ἐν δὲ ταῖσ παρωρείαισ προσανέχων διῆγε. (Polybius, Histories, book 5, chapter 17 6:1)
  • μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα νομίσαντεσ τοὺσ Καρχηδονίουσ διὰ φόβον σπουδῇ ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ὑποχώρησιν, εἵποντο κατόπιν ταῖσ παρωρείαισ. (Polybius, Histories, book 9, chapter 7 6:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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